EpidemiologybioRxiv
Sexual transmission causes a marked increase in the incidence of Zika in women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Flávio Codeço Coelho, Betina Durovni, Valeria Saraceni…·Margaret Armstrong
The paper documents a significant increase in Zika incidence in women compared to men in Rio de Janeiro, attributing it to sexual transmission rather than gender bias in healthcare seeking.
DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.023